In this issue: Job openings, FaithX commissioning resources, Chicago Brass Band concert at General Offices, #WelcomeWithDignity, Bible studies for the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, webinar “Remembering Past Massacres,” congregational news, and much more.
NEWS
1) Brethren Volunteer Service reaffirms statement on racism
2) Church members are invited to sign up to pray for Annual Conference 2021
3) Global Food Initiative grants go to projects in Nigeria, Ecuador, Uganda, US
4) Material Resources program seeks more donations of disaster relief kits
5) Bethany Seminary receives Lilly Endowment planning grant to bolster antiracism initiatives
PERSONNEL
6) Norman and Carol Spicher Waggy conclude interim assignment in Global Mission
7) David Shetler to retire from leadership of Southern Ohio and Kentucky District
RESOURCES
8) Shine offers new Sunday school curriculum resources
UPCOMING EVENTS
9) ‘Thinking Theologically with Our Hands’ webinar to take place June 13
10) Song and Story Fest 2021 to be in-person at Camp Blue Diamond
FEATURE
11) Paul’s prayer for the ‘Big Meeting’
12) Brethren bits: Correction, remembering Mary Catherine Dowery and Bernice (Brandt) Pence, prayer concerns from Nigeria and India, music groups rehearse at the General Offices, Tennessee’s oldest Church of the Brethren is reopening, the Annual Conference mug, and more
In this issue: correction, remembering Mary Catherine Dowery and Bernice Maurine (Brandt) Pence, prayer concerns from Nigeria and India, music groups rehearse at the General Offices, Tennessee’s oldest Church of the Brethren is reopening, the Annual Conference mug, and more news by, for, and about Brethren.
NEWS
1) Most Brethren camps are planning to be ‘in-person’ this summer
2) BFIA grants go to three more churches
3) Hillcrest School issues statement about former principal
PERSONNEL
4) Walt Wiltschek to serve as Illinois and Wisconsin District executive minister
5) Brethren bits: Remembering Ernie Bolz, continued prayer for India and Venezuela, Bermudian Church of the Brethren history, Southern Ohio and Kentucky District offers virtual camping, On Earth Peace webinars, Laszakovitz sermon chosen for El Camino collection
In this issue: Remembering Ernie Bolz, continued prayer for India and Venezuela, Bermudian Church of the Brethren’s history told in blogpost, Southern Ohio and Kentucky District offers virtual camping this summer, On Earth Peace webinars, Laszakovitz sermon chosen for El Camino collection.
NEWS
1) Bethany Seminary to confer 26 degrees and certificates to Class of 2021
2) EDF grants support CDS work on border, COVID-19 relief in Nigeria and around the world
3) Brethren Benefit Trust board affirms five strategic goals
4) BBT issues annual lists of companies screened from investments for Dept. of Defense contracts
5) On Earth Peace holds early April board meeting
6) EYN 74th Majalisa commends six districts, lists resolutions
PERSONNEL
7) Rhonda Pittman Gingrich is hired as director of Annual Conference
8) Jennifer Houser to direct the Brethren Historical Library and Archives
9) Zechariah Houser to coordinate short-term service for the Church of the Brethren
10) Fabiola Fernandez resigns from Church of the Brethren’s Information Technology department
11) Kim Gingerich to be interim program assistant for Brethren Disaster Ministries
12) Lee Marsh to assist at Church of the Brethren General Offices
UPCOMING EVENTS
13) Brethren Volunteer Service offers in-person summer orientation unit
14) New and Renew virtual conference to occur next week
15) Brethren bits: Prayer for India, update on US deportations to Haiti, Shenandoah District to hold in-person disaster auction, SVMC announces changes in its governing board, Bridgewater College celebrates commencement, and more
In this issue: Prayer for India, update on US deportations to Haiti, Shenandoah District to hold in-person disaster auction, SVMC announces changes in its governing board, Bridgewater College celebrates commencement, and more
NEWS
1) Children’s Disaster Services deploys team to work with children at border
2) Moderator’s Town Hall features Brethren historians
3) Imagine! God’s earth and people restored
UPCOMING EVENTS
4) National Youth Conference 2022 theme, dates, and cost are announced
5) NOAC service project will fund books for Junaluska Elementary School
6) Multivocational pastors are invited to summer book study
7) ‘Play, on Purpose’ webinar to take place May 11
8) Brethren bits: Prayer request for India, personnel notice, NOAC registration opens May 3, filming has begun for Annual Conference, concern for Haitian deportations, video from Ecuador, and much more
In this issue: Prayer request for India, personnel, NOAC registration opens May 3, filming had begun for Annual Conference, concern for Haitian deportations, video from Ecuador, and more news by, for, and about Brethren
In this issue: Remembering the Armenian Genocide, prayer requests from Brethren around the world, ways to support the Christian Citizenship Seminar that starts this evening, Office of Peacebuilding and Policy endorses “Palestinian Children and Families Act,” Timbercrest celebrates Brethren residents turning 100, and more news from congregations and districts, colleges and camps, ecumenical partners and church members.
